Platform

China 2000, 155 min, English subtitles

A decade seen from the perspective of a small theatre group from the provinces.The state-subsidised peasant ensemble in Fenyang is swept along by the reforms of the 1980s. The group is privatised and, in the end, experiences reincarnation as the All-Star Rock’n’Breakdance Electronic Band. This film can be viewed as a study of the role of the artist in society, as a critique of the ideals of the late 20th century, of capitalism and pop culture, as a meditation on the problems of self-realisation or - simply and monumentally – as the filmed experience of time.

50 Years of Revolution

In the 1830s and 1940s, the Communist revolution was in full swing. During the 1980s and 1990s, it was the turn of the post-Communist revolution. Two films compare two completely different political identities: the patriotic struggle on the one hand, and the consequences of unbridled economic liberalism on the other.